Tie hanger



July 8, 1930. R. M. ANDREWS v 1,770,190

TI; HANGEfi Filed July so, 1927 INVENTOR ioafer/ f/flvaxsws BY! I M O NEY Patented July 8, 1930 ROBERT MANDREWS, or NIEWYYORQK, N. Y.

TIE HANG R Yr Application filed July so,

This invention is an improvement in tie hangers, and 'more particularly in hangers adapted to be connected with a fixed support, such as a door or'wall.

A primary object of the present invention is the provision of a hanger adapted-to be supported against a perpendicular surface including a plurality of cross bars over which the ties may be draped, and a crossbar for engaging the depending ends to clamp them lightly against the fixed support by the weight of the hanger or otherwise.

Another object is the provision in a hanger of the character specified, of supports for the ties, so arranged that substantially all of each tieis displayed.

Another object is the provision of a simple inexpensive hanger of the character specified, capable of being marketed at a low cost. In the drawings'form'ing a part hereof Fig. l is a perspectiveview of an embodiment of the invention.

Fig. 2 is a similar view ternate construction.

- Fig. 3 is a plan view'of a part of another alternate construction.

' Fig. 4 is an end view of Fig. 3. r

Fig. 5 is an end view of another alternate construction.

Fig. 6 is a perspective view'of one end of another embodiment of the invention.

In all ofthe embodiments of the inven tiontheimproved'hanger is in the form of an open-frame having cross bars over which the ties may be draped, together with means for connecting the frame to a fixed support, as for instance a door or wall, and having other means inconnection with the frame or'with thesuspending means forenabling a limited outward swinging movement-of theframe, to facilitate the placing of the ties thereon.

In the. embodiment of the invention shown in Fig. 1, the hanger which is composed of wire bent to shape, includes a main frame composed of end members 1, and a cross bar of a part of an al- 2. The end members are connected at their.

bottom by the cross bar, which is integral with said end members, and a handle 5 is provided intermediate the ends of the cross 1927. Serial No. 209,581.

bar, the handlebeing formed y looping a part of the wire upon itself as shown. Other cross bars 3 and 4 are the long sides of a substantially rectangular auxiliary frame, the short sides or ends 6 of the frame lying alongside the inner faces of the members 1, and being secured thereto in any suitable or desired manner. The auxiliary frame 3-41'6 is so connected with the main frame 1-2, that the cross bar-4.- is spaced from the cross bar 2 approximately the same distance as the cross bar 4 is spaced from the cross bar 3. .The ties indicated at 7 are hung over the cross bars 3 and 4, those on the cross bar 3 being behind the cross bar 2, while those on the cross barl are behind the cross bar 3 and 2. This arrangement enables the ties to be fully displayed, while at the same time they are prevented from accidental displacement.

In the Fig. 1 construction, the frame is hinged to the support, to swing outwardly therefrom, and to hang of. its own weight in contact with thefixed support, such as a door for instance; The frame is suspended by means of-hooks Son the upper ends of the end members 1, the said members extending well above the cross bar 3 as shown. The hooks are engaged with screw eyes 9, which may be threaded into openings in the door. The arrangement is such that the frame may swing outwardly from the sup port and it may be swung by grasping the handle 5. m

In the F ig.'1 construction, the frame hangs, flat against the fixed support,*but in Fig.2 the arrangement is such thatthe cross bars corresponding to the bars 3 and 40f Fig, 1 are spacedoutwardly from the fixed support. In this construction the main frame of the hanger is composed of end members 10 and a cross bar 11 connecting the bottoms of the end members,the cross bar havinglthe handle 12. An auxiliary frame 13 corresponding to the frame 3-4-6 is arranged between the end members in the same manner as the frame 3 46 is arranged between the'end members 1.:' V

The hanger is suspended by means of hooks 14 on the upper ends of the end members 10 the auxiliary frames engaging screw eyes in the fixed support, but each of the end members 10 above the frame 13, and between the upper cross bar thereof and the hook is provided with a bend 16. That is the portion above the'bend extends at an obtuse angle away from the handle 12, with respect to the portion below the bend. With this. arrangement the framel is spaced outwardly from the fixed support, and the hanger may be swung as a whole away from the support. i

In Figs. 3 and 4c, the hanger is composed of a main frame 17 and an auxiliary "frame 18, constructed and arranged in substantially the same manner as the hanger shown in Fig. 1. Instead of hooks, however,' the upper ends of the side members of the main frame are provided with eyes 19, which'are'adapted to be engaged by screws 20, tOpermanently; connect the hanger to the fixed support. In order to space the cross bars of the auxiliary frame away from the support, each end member ofthe main frame has a bend 21 between the eyeand the upper crossbar of The bend is substantially the same as that shown at 16 in Fig.2, being suchthat the portion of'the end member of the main frame below the-bend extends at an acute angle to theplane of the fixed: support,fas fclearly shown in Fig.4, thus spacingthe auxiliary frame away from the support. mThelbend provides sufficient resiliency to enablel'thelower end of the hanger to be :swung away from the fixed support, to facilitate the drapingof the ties.

- In Fig. 5. the-hanger indicatedgenerally at'22 is substantiallythe same as that shown in Figs. 3 and 4,:except thatat the bend "in each endmemberxthere israrranged a coil 23, formed from material of the frame, 1 and providing increased resiliency. s The hanger is secured to the fixed support by means of eyes 24, and screws 25. ;r InFig. 6 thehanger indicated generally at 26 has .eyes 27 at the upper ends of the end members of themain' frame, which are engaged by screws28 to connectthe hanger to the support. The frame however, liesfiat' against the support, and to facilitate placing and removal of the ties,-the end members of themain frame are flattened as shown at 29,

in the plane of the frame. The flattening of these members provides resiliency to enable swinging outward of the :frame from the support, to place and remove ties;-

While the improvedframe is shown as con structed of wire bent to shape,'itis obvious that: it might be of any other suitablemateand 2 this'is enabled by the hinge han ing,

hanger, the end members are extended at one.

side of the'hanger, that is at the top. This enables a degree of adjustment in hanging the hanger. For instance in applying the hanger on a door it is desirable that the connectionsawith the door be at the stiles. Should the frame be not properly proportioned to connect with the stiles, the extended end members may be bent toward or away from eachother, to the proper distance apart to engage the-stiles.

- What is claimed as new is z- 1 A tie hanger comprising a frame composed of end members connected at one end y a cross bar and a plurality of other cross bars connectlng the end members and spaced apart laterally fromeach other, over which .theties to be supported are adapted to be hung with their ends depending below the first-named cross bar, the end members extending beyond the last :named cross bars and means for connecting-said ends to a wall with the lowermost crossbar lying against the face of the wall and pressed lightly toward the wall toclampthe depending ends of the ties against the. wall, and :means in connection with the end members for enabling movement of the connecting cross bar toward and from the support. v, u 2.. A tie hanger comprising aframe composed of end members'cQnnected at one end by a cross bar and a plurality of other cross bars connecting the-end members and spaced apart laterally from each other, over which the ties to be, supported'are adaptedto be hung with their ends depending below the first named cross bar, the end members extending beyondt'he last named cross bars and means for connecting said ends-to a wall with the lowermost cross bar lying against the faceof the wall and pressed lightly to? ward the wall toclamp the depending ends of the tiesagainst the wall, and means in connection with the end members for enablingmovementof the. connectlng cross bar toward and from the support, sa d means including shaping of the. end members near New York and State of New York this 29th rial. -A'featureofimportance is-the arrange- U ment whereby the: lower crossbar of" the frame maybe swung outward from the face of the fixed support, to enable the depending ends of the ties to be held beneath the lower cross bar of the frame. In Figures 1 

